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BBC World News America
Format	News, Business, Sport, Weather
Created by	BBC News with BBC World News and BBC America
Presented by	Matt Frei
Country of origin	United Kingdom - Broadcasts  United States - Production/Studio
Language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Rome Hartman
Location(s)	Washington D.C.  United States
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC America BBC World News BBC News channel (:30 only) PBS
Picture format	14:9 for BBC World 14:9 for BBC America 16:9 for BBC News
Original run	01 October 2007 US-EDT 02 October 2007 BST – present
Chronology
Related shows	BBC World News World News Today

BBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News to be shown initially for American audiences. The programme is shown daily in its full hour format on BBC America and BBC World News, and for the first half hour on BBC News channel in the UK and on various affiliates of PBS in the United States. (The PBS program is distributed by WLIW in Garden City, New York, on Long Island.)

Similarities with sister programme World News Today (which is shown at 4 different timeslots) are that similar titles are used but with differing musical accompaniments.

Presenters

Matt Frei, the BBC's Washington DC Correspondent for 5 years, presents the programme from the BBC's Washington DC studios together with acting Washington DC correspondent Katty Kay, Philippa Thomas and Rajesh Mirchandani.

During Friday telecasts, the programme is being presented by Katty Kay.

Rome Hartman is currently the Executive Producer of this programme, he was previously the executive producer of CBS Evening News.

It is the only foreign international newscast targeted for US viewers and offers a broad and refreshing perspective on world issues.

Timings

Regular days

This programme launched on 1 October 2007 (US time), and currently airs at the following times on weekdays:

• On BBC America: 19:00-20:00 EST
• On BBC World News: 00:00-01:00 GMT (same as 19:00 EST, 07:00 in Phil./HK)
• On BBC News: 00:30-01:00 GMT (first half hour, on delay)
• On PBS: times vary from station to station. Viewers are advised to check their local listings

The programme ends at :58 (except for BBC News which only show the first half-hour - on delay), with Matt Frei talking about the highlights of the next edition of the programme. On BBC World News, it will be followed by the countdown sequence then another BBC News bulletin immediately after.

Special broadcasts

For some instance, this programme has been cut off on its hour broadcast to few snippets because of a breaking news broadcast (e.g.: 2007 Karachi bombing). But in the case of the 2008 US Election primaries & caucus, the programme has been extended to 3 hours (e.g.: 2008 Iowa Caucus) and even up to 6 hours (e.g.: 2008 Super Tuesday) and only being presented by one presenter.

Criticism

• Some American TV critics had criticised the programme for following "the British way" although the programme is more focused in the Americas, but Hartman stated that they value both sets of viewers since it was being shown worldwide. ^[1]

References

1. ^ "Week One Down", from Rome Hartman's BBC News blog

External links

• Homepage from BBC World
• Homepage from BBC America
• Rome Hartman's Blog